Beijing Tries To Clear the Air

China pollution

Bad air day
A woman working on a street near Beijing's National Stadium wears a mask to avoid dust and car fumes. Pollution in the Chinese capital still regularly hits levels two or three times what the World Health Organization considers safe; air quality in June 2007 was the worst in seven years.

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